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OID Workshops

Workshops and Professional Development

OID provides a diverse range of workshops around teaching and learning. View a full list of our archived workshop offerings. 

Micro Workshop Series

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Feedback in Focus: Quick Wins for Teaching Impact
Small shifts, with big results. Enhance your feedback for greater teaching impact in 20 minutes.
Feedback isn’t just about grading, it’s about student growth.

Feedback in Focus is a series of fast, practical micro-workshops that help faculty transform feedback into meaningful learning conversations. Each 20-minute session offers ready to use strategies you can apply immediately to strengthen connection, boost engagement, and support student success in any learning environment.

Join one session or all and walk away with quick wins that make your teaching more effective and your feedback more impactful.
 

Nov 5, 12:10-12:30Beyond Hello: Elevating Connection in Intro DiscussionsTurn first-week introductions into lasting connections.

Week One sets the tone for everything that follows. This micro workshop helps you move beyond surface level greetings to use introductory discussions as moments for meaningful, personalized feedback. Learn how tone, curiosity, and thoughtful follow up questions can help you build trust, show presence, and make every student feel seen and valued.

Nov 10, 12:10-12:30PMFeedback in the Flow: Real-Time Strategies for Teaching Success

Because feedback works best when it happens in the moment.

Discover how to give and gather feedback as learning happens. This interactive session shares quick, low effort ways to integrate feedback into your teaching without interrupting your flow. Explore tools and activities that spark engagement, reflection, and improvement during instruction, whether you’re teaching online or in person.

NOV 20, 12:10-12:30Pick, Click, Communicate: Navigating Canvas Feedback OptionsSimplify your feedback workflow with the right tools.

Canvas provides several ways to communicate feedback, but which ones really work for you and your students? This quick session walks you through the most effective options, showing how to match each tool to your teaching goals and workflow for clear, consistent communication.
DEC 1, 12:10-12:30Making Feedback Findable: Helping Students Locate and Use Instructor Comments in CanvasYour feedback matters, but only if students see it.

If you’ve ever heard, “I didn’t know there was feedback on that!” this session is for you. Learn easy ways to help students find, read, and apply your comments, rubrics, and annotations in Canvas. Discover small design tweaks and activities that ensure your feedback is not just delivered but truly used to improve learning.

Additionally, we collaborate with partners CTLA and OIT to offer joint workshops. Explore our partner workshops:

If there is a workshop topic you would like to recommend, please email OID at oid@ohio.edu.